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Welcome to the monkey house / Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

by Kurt Vonnegut

A collection of twenty-five short stories originally published in various periodicals. The narratives employ satire and science fiction to examine themes of technology, society, and the human condition with a dark sense of humour.

Accession 10107 ISBN 0586037012 Publisher Triad/Panther
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